Children's Book Illustrators: Part 2 - Modorkernity

EPISODE NOTES

We dork out about the world's deadliest animal, our fave modern children's book illustrators, and the strange phenomenon that makes people need to poop when they visit a bookstore. 

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION

• Mosquitos: Deadliest Animal

• Modern Fave Illustrators

  • Shaun Tan - Lost & Found, Eric

  • Oliver Jeffers - Here We Are, The Way Back Home

  • Dave Mckean - Mirrormask, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish

  • Julie McLaughlin - Pride Puppy

  • Joy Ang -Kobe Eats Pizza

  • Pawel Gierlinski - Oh Golly, Miss Trolly

  • Chris Haughton - Shh! We Have a Plan,  Oh, No, George

  • Renata Lewska - The Loud Book, The Quiet Book

  • Kim Smith - Boxitects, Baker Makers

  • Sandra Boynton - The Going to Bed Book, Snuggle Puppy

  • Jon Klassen - I want My Hat Back, The Skull

  • Byron Eggenschweiler - The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt, The Strangest Thing in the Sea

  • Axel Scheffler - Julia Donaldson collaborator, The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom

  • Barbara Reid - Sing a Song of Mother Goose, Read Me a Book

  • Michael Martchenko - All the best Robert Munsch books, The Paper Bag Princess, Mortimer, Murmel, Murmel, Murmel

  • Matthew Forsythe - Pokko and the Drum, Mina

  • Elise Gravel - The Mushroom Fan Club, The Bug Club

  • Phoebe Wahl - Little Witch Hazel, Sonya’s Chickens

  • Anita Jeram - Guess How Much I Love You, Kids Goodnight, Sam

BONUS CONTENT:

• The Mariko Aoki phenomenon

"GIVE ME THAT SKULL." -Jon Klassen, The Skull

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